With an estimated 12,500 people gathered on Parliament Hill, Canada’s largest ever March for Life May 13 gave a boost to what observers consider to be growing momentum within the country’s pro-life movement.<\/p>\n
The crowd celebrated the recent defeat in the Canadian Parliament of legislation that would have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide. Those gathered also were pleased by a recent parliament vote to exclude abortion in a Canadian-led maternal and child health initiative among the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations.<\/p>\n
“These are two tangible, visible steps that we are moving toward a culture of life in Canada,” Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, told the crowd.<\/p>\n
He cited studies that show 64 percent of women were pressured into having abortions and 83 percent regretted having one.<\/p>\n